similarly I find FireHOL http://firehol.sourceforge.net
an excellent tool for simplifying the task of building a good firewall
with iptables
cheers
R
Rick Graves wrote:
>Hey scty Library,
>
>I forget your name.
>
>I do not have an answer for your question exactly.
>However, I think I have a solution to the overall
>problem, and it is here:
>
>http://www.lowth.com/LinWiz/1.09/
>
>I use the wizards to create my iptables files. I have
>a couple of basic files that I use, and then I tweek
>the appropriate one after copying it to a new install.
>
>
>For people who want a solution fast, the two wizards
>are great.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Rick
>
>On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, scty Library wrote:
>
>
>
>>I am messing around with iptables, trying to learn
>>
>>
>how
>
>
>>it works so that I can build my self a
>>
>>
>router/firewall
>
>
>>and mabey a VPN. Anyway I tried to use a command on
>>
>>
>my
>
>
>>Desktop CentOS3 machine.
>>
>>"iptables -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -p icmp -j DROP"
>>
>>now the command seems to have went through because I
>>didn't get any errors, but when I go to ping
>>
>>
>127.0.0.1
>
>
>>I am getting a response and my packet loss is 0%. It
>>should be 100% packet loss.
>>
>>Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong. I am not
>>trying to do anything yet, just want to learn by
>>exploring.
>>
>>
>
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r
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